The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-07-07
MAKmG VOTES.

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nals. The most important case is that
of Thomas Ballard, the notorious coun-
, terfeiter. who was sentenced january
q, 1875, to thirty years Imprisonment
in the Albany penitentiary for enprav-
ing and having In his possession coun-
terfeit plates, notes, etc. The Presi-
, dent has granted him pardon. In
endorsing the application he says that
the prisoner was supposed to be one of
the most expert counterfeiters in the
country. He has now been in prison
equivalent to more than fifteen years,
allowing the deduction he has secured
for good behavior. He has grown
to be an old man, broken down
physically and mentally. His con-
duct has been such as to cause
much interest to be felt in his case by
many good citizens and officers con-
cerned in his conviction. His wife,
who has chung to him with a true
WOman's devotion, and who has almost
worn herself out to support and edu-
cate her daughter. just now reaching
penitent husbands release. There IS
an universal belief on the part of those
acquainted with the case that the pris-
oner'S reformation is complete, and
that in no circumstances could this
broken-down man, whose mind is fast
| giving way with the body, be a
menace to society if liberated; l am of
the opinion that in this case
| the law has been fully indicated. Par
dons have also been granted as follows:
| To William Z. Moore, sentenced May
2, 1884, to four years Imprisonment at
Detroit, for manslaughter; to Ben Mer
Ger, sentenced October II, 1886, to one
years imprisonment in Kentucky for
violation of the internal laws; to Sam
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October 80, 1885, and sentenced to two
years. Imprisonment for counterfeiting;
| to Eli MallinS, sentenced in Tennessee
January 1, 1887, to one years imprisOn-
ment for violation of the internal
revenue laws; to Jacob Heikle,
convicted of bigamy in Utah. Pardon
has been refused in the case of John
Irvine, sentenced in Wyoming Feb
ruary 20, 1887, to imprisonment for life
for mail robbery. In declining to grant
| a pardon in this case, the President
says he cannot quite bring himself to
the point of pardoning this convict
now. This seems to be bad time to
pardon such offenses when they are
quite in vogue and their commission
| frequent.
MUST REMOVE THE FENCES.
WASHINGTON, June 30.-The Sur
veyOr-G General of Arizona territory has
sent to the general land Office a copy of
the decision of Judge Barnes, of Ari-
IONA, in the case of the United States
VS.. Colin Cameron, a suit brought to
compel the removal of fences upon pub
lie land. The defense set up that land
was embraced in the claimed limits of
the Della Zanja private land grant.
This grant is claimed under purchase
of four square leagues from the MeXi-
can Government. The grant holders
claim sixteen square leagues, while
fences are upon a larger quantity. The
Court said the four square leagues at
the place Della Zanja as described in
the grant can be no other than the four
leagues that touch that point; that is,
that corner there. Any other construc-
tainty. / must hold, therefore, that
the fence erected outside of these four
square leagues is an unlawful enclOS-
ure of public lands.
DEATH OF CHIEF ENGINEER SNYDER.
Chief Engineer Henry Lee Snyder of
the Navy, Superintendent of the State
Building, died suddenly this morning
at his rooms in this city OF hemorrhage
| of the lungs. He was about SO years
of age and leaves widow and several
children. Mr.. Snyder entered the
naval service in 1868, and was native
| of New jersey. Passed Assistant En-
gineer John a. TObin will temporarily
discharge the duties of Superintendent
of the Department of Building.
WHOLESALE DISCHARGES.
Forty employees of the Government
Printing Office, principally in the
binding and folding departments, were
discharged to-day.
MORE INTERSTATE COMPLAINTS.
David F. Allen and Brother, Millers
and Grain dealers of Frankfort, Ind,
have sent to the Interstate Commerce
Commission a complaint against the
Louisville, New Albany 81 Chicago rail
road for charging % cents per bushel on
grain from Frankfort to New York,
while the published rates from Indian
| apOlis, via Frankfort to New York are
| only % cents, Indianapolis being forty
seven miles further from New York
| than Frankfort. A letter accompany
ing the complaint urges speedy action
in the interest OF the farmers who the
complaint says will within the next
/ two weeks have more than 600 900
bushels of wheat to ship from Clinton
| County and whose crops of oats and
| corn are very large.
WILL ATTEND THE CELEBRATION.
1t is stated at the White House to-
day that the President has decided to
attend the Centennial celebration at
Clinton, N. Y, on the 18th, but beyond
that he has not completed arrange
ments for the summer He drives out
to his summer residence at Oakview
every afternoon as usual and returns
to the White House i'll the morning.
| FOREIGN EXHIBITS ARE WANTED.
The Department of State has been
informed by the Consul of the United
States at Amsterdam, that an exhi-
bition of objects relating to the art of
music is to be held in that city from
the 1st of September to October Is,
next, and that foreign exhibits will be
gladly received.
PENSION BOARD APPOINTED.
The following named members of
The Board of Pension Appeals have
been appointed by the Secretary of the
Interior, their appointment being but
for one year: George Barber, of Ken
lucky; John A. JudsOn, of New York;
Patrick ]. Rogers, of New York; Rob
ert d. Graham, of North Carolina; s..
w. Ritterhouse, of the District of Co
lumbia, and Robert +. Hill, of Mich
igan. There are three members of the
Board whose appointment is perma-
nent. On July LIST the law authorizes
the appointment of three additional
members, which will make the MEM
bership of the Board twelve.
CHANGED TO THE FOURTH-CLASS.
On July LIST the following President
ial pOstofficeS will be relegated to the
fOurth-class their business having fallen
| below the minimum Tor SreSld6nC1aI Oh
fees: Carbonate, Kas., and Fort
Leavenworth, Kas.
DISPUTED CLAIMS REPORTED.
The Commissioner of the General
: Land Office has transmitted TO the
: Secretary of the Interior for Submissions
to Congress reports from the Surveyor
, General of New Mexico upon
several private claims in that
territory. The /Ocate claim is
.. recommended for rejection, on the
ground of noncompliance with the
, conditions of the grant. The Surveyor
3 General adds that the claim is imprac-
. ticable of location on account of the
1 VagueneSs and Indebtedness of de
scriptiOn. The Plaza Blanca claim the
Surveyor General recommends for con
firmation according to the boundaries
q given, reServing to the United State:
n all the minerals that may be within ths
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